Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to self-regulatory mechanism whereby a bank ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards and national or international norms. Bangladesh Bank CSR Guideline is the guiding principle in designing our CSR roadmap. Bank Asia prioritizes on long- term programs rather than the short-term ones that have sustainable and lasting impact on the people and society of the country. Bank Asia’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Bangladesh runs with the aforementioned philosophies which are framed by the Board of Directors of our Bank. At Bank Asia, employees work with a greater mission. They are motivated to contribute to the bank’s social initiatives like warm clothes distribution to cold hit peoples all over Bangladesh, Scholarship to meritorious student, as part of “spreading knowledge” distributing free newspaper daily to different well-known university in Bangladesh. We also provide IP Camera in different location in Bangladesh for safely and security. Bank Asia also contributed in sports like Bangabandhu Int’l Volleyball Championship-2018 and Inhouse tournament. Employees’ passionate involvement in CSR adds new dimensions to the bank’s CSR portfolio. During 2018, Bank Asia has spent an amount of Tk.126.91 million for the overall betterment of the nation.
Initiatives | Donation (in million Taka | Percentage with total amount |
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Education | 39.23 | 30.91% |
Health | 1.28 | 0.65% |
Disaster Management | 27.13 | 21.38% |
Sports | 1.17 | 0.92% |
Art & Culture | 7.23 | 5.70% |
Others | 51.33 | 40.44% |
Total | 126.91 | 100.00% |